Here is an easy sandwich with a great balance of salt and sweet, as strong a candidate for school lunch as an office brown bag. The night before, assemble your ingredients and grill the sandwich for about five minutes, then put it in a sandwich bag, and place in the fridge. By noon the next day: luncheon excellence.

Ingredients

  • 1 piece ciabatta sandwich bread, about 4 1/2 inches long
  • 2 large slices havarti cheese, sliced thin
  • 3 large slices prosciutto
  • ½ Fuji apple, cored and sliced into half-moons 1/8 inch thick
  • 1 ½ teaspoons butter

    1 sandwich

    Preparation

    1. Split ciabatta, and place one slice of cheese on one half. Top with prosciutto, followed by apple slices, the second slice of cheese and the other half of the bread.
    2. Melt butter in a 9-inch skillet over medium-high heat. When it froths vigorously, transfer sandwich to skillet. Place a grill press or a cast iron skillet on top of sandwich, and apply gentle pressure for about 2 1/2 minutes. With a spatula, carefully flip sandwich, replace grill press, apply pressure and grill 2 minutes more. Let cool. Place in sandwich bag, and store in refrigerator.

    10 minutes

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